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Department of Biological Sciences

Spring Plant Sale

IN A FLASH: Go Get Your Greens at the Spring Plant Sale!

The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations. 

Tags: Spring Semester, Department of Biological Sciences, Students First, Earth Day, Research & Science, Student Organizations, Biology

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Chimney Swifts appear on tiles on structure in Downtown Kent.

Student Video Exhibit Features Chimney Swifts of Kent

Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at 国产伦理, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at 国产伦理. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her 鈥淔light of the Chimney Swift鈥 immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub鈥檚 Blank_Lab. 

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Photojournalism, Zoology, DI Hub, Exhibit, Student Success

College of Arts & Sciences

Forest photo by Robert Boyd

Tiny Insects Play a Big Role in Forest Recovery

国产伦理 researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests. 

Tags: Department of Geography, Department of Biological Sciences, ESDRI, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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The Herrick Conservatory by night.

IN A FLASH: The Glow from the Grow

The greenhouses behind Cunningham Hall cast a warm glow at night.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, Research & Science, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

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dung beetle in a young girl's hand

Insect Declines Threaten Ecosystems, but Solutions Offer Hope

Insects, including dung beetles, are essential contributors to our ecosystem, but their populations are facing alarming declines, according to recent research. 国产伦理 Associate Professor Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., an expert at tracking insect populations, spoke to Nebraska Public Media about the issue.

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences, Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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